[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Ciano’s diary]

August 21. Today I have spoken very clearly . . . When I entered the room Mussolini confirmed his decision to go along with the Germans. “You, Duce, cannot and must not do it . . . I went to Salzburg in order to adopt a common line for action. I found myself face to face with a Diktat. The Germans, not ourselves, have betrayed the alliance . . . Tear up the pact. Throw it in Hitler’s face! . . .”

William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

[Homer_J_Simpson]

East Border Freed – 2-3
Peace Hopes Wane – 4-5
Reich and Soviet in 7-Year Treaty – 6
Forster Declares ‘Our Hour’ is Coming – 8
Air Pick-Up Lines Urged for All U.S. – 8
Italo-Reich Parleys Now Going On Seen as Determining Peace or War – 9
British Firmness Disappoints Reich – 10
M’Nutt Opposes Quiescent Nation* – 11
Four Reich Submarines Reported En Route to Attack Martinique – 11

* “Now that aircraft has been developed, a naval carrier 400 miles out can release planes capable of bombing our coasts and returning to their starting points. Within a few hours air squadrons may leave European islands like the Azores, bomb Washington or New York, and return to their base. Yet air development is still in its infancy.”

Nazi-Soviet talks update at reply #2.
Ciano diary update at reply #3.